Read a little. Learn a lot. • Tightly-written news, views and stuff • Follow us on Twitter • Be a Facebook Fan • Tumble us!

02 Nov 2010 21:23

tags

Politics: Are the Republicans headed towards House control?

  • YES CNN is projecting it, which is kind of a big deal source
  • » What that means: That means CNN is projecting a bloodbath, and that the Democrats will lose at least fifty House seats. How bad will the bloodletting be? Let’s find out.
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Nov 2010 21:13

tags

Politics: Five Democratic Senate victories – or probable victories

  • yesOur boy Richard Blumenthal won in Connecticut, meaning there will be no wrestling in the chamber.
  • yes In West Virginia, Joe Manchin was able to parlay his popularity in the state into a Senate seat of his own.
  • no In Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter slayer Joe Sestak lost to his GOP counterpart, Pat Toomey.
  • no In Illinois, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias fell to Mark Kirk in the race for Obama’s old seat. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Nov 2010 20:52

tags

Politics: Democrats go down! Three races where incumbents fell flat

  • Perriello Tom Perriello was able to get Obama to rally for him last weekend, but he lost anyway. Guess that isn’t worth much.
  • Grayson Alan Grayson, the controversial hard-left “die quickly” congressman, won’t be returning for a second term.
  • Boucher Longtime Rep. Rick Boucher‘s vote on cap-and-trade seems to have done him in. He lost in his Virginia race.
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Nov 2010 20:23

tags

Politics: Two key Tea Party races end just like everyone expected

  • yes Marco Rubio will be Florida’s next Senator – and like everyone thought, Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek split the vote.
  • no Christine O’Donnell didn’t win; Chris Coons coasted to an easy victory in Delaware. So why did Gawker post that story again? source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Nov 2010 20:17

tags

Politics: Andrew Breitbart learns about professional embarrassment

  • Instead of clarifying your role, you posted a blog on Sunday evening in which you continued to claim a bigger role in our coverage.  As we are still unable to agree on your role, we feel it best for you not to participate.
  • ABC News Digital Executive Producer Andrew Morse • Telling Andrew Breitbart that he’s no longer wanted for election night coverage. He blew it because he kept claiming he was playing a much larger part than he actually was. So now they just ditched him. It’s about time he fell flat on his face, y’know.  source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Nov 2010 20:07

tags

Politics: Midterms: Rand Paul wins, and he deserves respect for his win

  • Dear Rand Paul: Congratulations. Sincerely. You ran a better campaign than your opponent, and eventually you got past your gaffes to win in Kentucky without much trouble at all. While you’ll remain controversial to many for your small-government-heavy views, you didn’t win tonight in spite of your views. You won because you beat your opponent (see: Aqua Buddah). Sure, we had our beefs with some of your views, but as the campaign worked towards the end, we found ourselves actually respecting you a little. The way your campaign handled the head-stomper proved you’re past the point of gaffes. So, tonight, as the left accepts its fate, we’ll see more candidates lose. But let it be on the record that Rand Paul earned his victory tonight. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Nov 2010 10:53

tags

World: Britain is screwed: They entered a security agreement WITH FRANCE.

  • Today we open a new chapter in a long history of co-operation on defence and security between Britain and France. The result will make our citizens safer, more secure and better protected in the global age of uncertainty in which we now live.
  • British Prime Minister David Cameron • Announcing a new security deal between his country and France. The deal includes cooperation on certain military resources, including aircraft carriers, submarines, nuclear technology and ground forces. You may think this is a good idea now, David, but you’ll be eating your hat the second that France surrenders. Just you wait, Davey boy. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 

02 Nov 2010 10:45

tags

Biz: Rupert Murdoch’s paywall test doing (slightly) better than expected

  • 105k number of subscribers the Times of London has for its paywall-enforced Web sites
  • 100k number of print subscribers who also get online subscriptions as part of the deal
  • 42% the decline in the paper’s online traffic, which is much less than the 90 percent estimated source
  • » So is it a success? Depends on your definition of success. While the paper certainly is doing better than other strict paywall models (looking at you Newsday, which we did a whole tongue-in-cheek series on a while back), it isn’t exactly killing it. What the 105,000 number doesn’t tell you is that only half of those subscribers are regular readers – which, for a paper of its size, is kinda low. It’ll be interesting to see what happens when the New York Times goes paywall starting next year.
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Nov 2010 10:29

tags

Biz: BP somehow posts profit, despite massive Gulf Oil Spill cost

  • $40
    bilion     the amount BP has set aside for paying for this oil spill (over two separate quarters) – bigger than many countries’ GDP
  • $1.79
    billion     the company’s profit third-quarter profit, despite a $7.7 billion spill-related charge – it’s insanely impressive they have one at all source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Nov 2010 10:17

tags

World: Russia, Japan having hissy fit over group of tiny islands

  • cause Russian president Dmitry Medvedev visited a group of tiny islands in the massive country’s far east whose ownership is also claimed by Japan.
  • reaction Japan totally freaks out, calling back their ambassador to Russia, saying Medvedev’s visit was “regrettable” because it happened even after warnings. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 
<< newer 
top tags
older >>